Could be the stuff that goes along with beer. The dozen wings, large fries, bag of Doritos or potato chips. Or the fact that middle age men can't have a 5000 calorie a day intake, like a physically active 18 year old. (X-Box does not count for physically active)

Asa Phelps:Uh, er, I'm not sure that alcohol is the main source of calories in beer.

In good beer, anyway.

It is. Ethanol has 190 calories per ounce. If you take a beer, like Anchor Steam, that is around 5% ABV with 150 calories, that means 0.6 ounces of that beer is ethanol. That translates to 114 calories. But let's try something maltier, because I'm assuming you're suggesting the grain and malt in the beer carries the bulk of the calories. Left Hand's Milk Stout is a good example because they add milk sugars for this sweet stout. It weighs in at 180 calories and 6% ABV. That translates to .72 ounces ethanol, or 137 calories. It's still the lion's share of the calories.

People often underestimate the calories they consume in liquid form (soda is another example other than beer) and those calories tend to be less filling than food. A 6 pack of beer could be 1000 calories or more depending on what you're drinking.

CowardlyLion:Hang on--there are people stupid enough to think that in the first place? Please tell me there's at least heavy overlap between such a group and truthers.

My sister-in-law believes that (not sure about the truther stuff, though.) She's always talking about how she "lost weight" but "not from where she wants to." We tried to explain you can't lose weight from specific areas of the body but she insists she is somehow genetically predisposed to carrying extra weight in her face and stomach.

"You are drinking it in more quantities than wine or liquor, so you tend to have more caloric intake," says Sohani. "You are talking about a difference between several hundred calories a night and a couple hundred." Follow the logic here

TheJoe03:jimmyego: "You are drinking it in more quantities than wine or liquor, so you tend to have more caloric intake"

So they are not a myth then. Good article.

Came here to point that out, really misleading study. You need more beer to get drunk than you would need liquor, so it makes you fatter than other types of alcohol.

The article is pointing out the myth is that it goes to the belly as opposed to just increasing your belly only. Now I had never heard of that myth, and maybe they made it up or are just being overly literal with the common name, but that is a different complaint about the article (if it is the case, I mean maybe I just haven't heard of the myth and lots of other people have).

WinoRhino:CowardlyLion: Hang on--there are people stupid enough to think that in the first place? Please tell me there's at least heavy overlap between such a group and truthers.

My sister-in-law believes that (not sure about the truther stuff, though.) She's always talking about how she "lost weight" but "not from where she wants to." We tried to explain you can't lose weight from specific areas of the body but she insists she is somehow genetically predisposed to carrying extra weight in her face and stomach.

sendtodave:WinoRhino: CowardlyLion: Hang on--there are people stupid enough to think that in the first place? Please tell me there's at least heavy overlap between such a group and truthers.

My sister-in-law believes that (not sure about the truther stuff, though.) She's always talking about how she "lost weight" but "not from where she wants to." We tried to explain you can't lose weight from specific areas of the body but she insists she is somehow genetically predisposed to carrying extra weight in her face and stomach.

Well, she is. Which is why she'll lose weight there last.

That's strange, it's usually us guys that keep the gut till last. I've got muscles in my legs I never knew I had, just showed up after two months of cycling, but I'm still carrying around 5~10 lbs extra at the belt line, (it's a weird effect in the mirror). I thought women kept the butt till last.

Last of the Crazy People:sendtodave: WinoRhino: CowardlyLion: Hang on--there are people stupid enough to think that in the first place? Please tell me there's at least heavy overlap between such a group and truthers.

My sister-in-law believes that (not sure about the truther stuff, though.) She's always talking about how she "lost weight" but "not from where she wants to." We tried to explain you can't lose weight from specific areas of the body but she insists she is somehow genetically predisposed to carrying extra weight in her face and stomach.

Well, she is. Which is why she'll lose weight there last.

That's strange, it's usually us guys that keep the gut till last. I've got muscles in my legs I never knew I had, just showed up after two months of cycling, but I'm still carrying around 5~10 lbs extra at the belt line, (it's a weird effect in the mirror). I thought women kept the butt till last.

sendtodave:WinoRhino: CowardlyLion: Hang on--there are people stupid enough to think that in the first place? Please tell me there's at least heavy overlap between such a group and truthers.

My sister-in-law believes that (not sure about the truther stuff, though.) She's always talking about how she "lost weight" but "not from where she wants to." We tried to explain you can't lose weight from specific areas of the body but she insists she is somehow genetically predisposed to carrying extra weight in her face and stomach.

Well, she is. Which is why she'll lose weight there last.

What is needed is a fat relocation device, so instead of losing the fat altogether women could just move it to where it's acceptable, like on their breasts. Imagine being able to reduce your waist and increase your bust in the one process.

It's the volume of fluid that makes the stomach rotund. I've known young guys that weren't fat (as in low body fat percentage) that had beer bellies just from the sheer volume of <insert cheap beer> they drank.

You have to have adequite storage if you're going to consume 48 beers on a Saturday afternoon.

I have a "beer gut", but it's hard it's not all flabby like you would typically see in an overweight person with rolls and what not. Is that just my body type? Anyone have the same? And it only notice weight gain in the stomach and a little in that face, no place else...

So people drink a lot of calories that make them fat, these calories take up a lot of volume in the belly area while being processed, and the liver damage sustained leads to excess carbohydrate and fluid retention in the abdomen. Ergo beer bellies are a myth. Got it.

sboyle1020:I have a "beer gut", but it's hard it's not all flabby like you would typically see in an overweight person with rolls and what not. Is that just my body type? Anyone have the same? And it only notice weight gain in the stomach and a little in that face, no place else...

That is visceral or intraorgan fat. It is the very dangerous kind, the one that gives you metabolic syndrome and heart attacks. The rolly flabby, or subcutaneous, fat isn't very pleasant to look at but comparatively isn't all that dangerous.

You genes and hormones determine where, how, and how much fat is stored. So yea, it is genetic, but you've rolled a bad number and your body stores it in the worst way possible.

Pick:Could be the stuff that goes along with beer. The dozen wings, large fries, bag of Doritos or potato chips. Or the fact that middle age men can't have a 5000 calorie a day intake, like a physically active 18 year old. (X-Box does not count for physically active)

sboyle1020:I have a "beer gut", but it's hard it's not all flabby like you would typically see in an overweight person with rolls and what not. Is that just my body type? Anyone have the same? And it only notice weight gain in the stomach and a little in that face, no place else...